James Bickerton is professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University.  Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.  Luc Turgeon is professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.  Rebecca Wallace is an assistant professor of political science and the Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women and Politics at St. Francis Xavier University.

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface and AcknowledgmentContributorsPart 1: Canadian Politics: Origins and FoundationsChapter 1: Understanding Canada's OriginsSamuel LaSelvaChapter 2: The Canadian Regime from a Québec PerspectiveGuy Laforest and Alain-G. GagnonChapter 3: Indigenous Treaty Visions: Interpreting the Canadian Regime from the "Outside In"Corey Snelgrove and Gina StarblanketPart 2: The Constitution, Government, and ParliamentChapter 4: The Constitution and Constitutional Change: Frozen in Law, Flexible in Practice?Emmett MacfarlaneChapter 5: The Canadian Parliament: Rules, Norms, and InstitutionsElizabeth McCallionChapter 6: Power at the Apex: Executive DominanceDonald SavoieChapter 7: The Role of the Civil Service in Canada's Westminster System: Historical Traditions and Current ChallengesAmanda ClarkePart 3: Federalism, the Charter, and Territorial PoliticsChapter 8: Practices of FederalismJennifer WallnerChapter 9: Politics and the Charter of Rights and FreedomsRaymond BazowskiChapter 10: The Two Faces of Treaty FederalismMartin PapillonChapter 11: Municipalities in Canada's Multilevel DemocracyLuc TurgeonChapter 12: Canada's Mirror: The Politics of the NorthJerald Sabin and Christopher AlcantaraPart 4: Elections, Participation, and CommunicationChapter 13: Short- and Long-term Influences in Canadian Federal ElectionsAllison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Pascal MorimannoChapter 14: Parties and Elections: Fragmentation and ReconsolidationJames BickertonChapter 15: Glass Ceilings, Cliffs, and Problems in the Pipeline: Women's Representation in Canadian PoliticsRebecca WallaceChapter 16: Political Communication in CanadaAlex MarlandPart 5: Diversity and Identity PoliticsChapter 17: Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in CanadaWill KymlickaChapter 18: Immigration in Canada: From Low to High PoliticsMireille PaquetChapter 19: Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil SocietyMichael OrsiniPart 6: Contemporary Policy ChallengesChapter 20: Canadian Climate Policy in Peril: Politics Meets "Carbon Tunnel-Vision"Debora VanNijnatten and Mark WinfieldChapter 21: Social Policy: Towards Completion of the Welfare StateDaniel Béland, Shannon Dinan, and Olivier JacquesChapter 22: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy: Interests, Institutions, and IdentitiesJustin Massie, Stéphane Roussel, and Marco Munier

James Bickerton is professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University.  Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.  Luc Turgeon is professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.  Rebecca Wallace is an assistant professor of political science and the Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women and Politics at St. Francis Xavier University.

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface and AcknowledgmentContributorsPart 1: Canadian Politics: Origins and FoundationsChapter 1: Understanding Canada's OriginsSamuel LaSelvaChapter 2: The Canadian Regime from a Québec PerspectiveGuy Laforest and Alain-G. GagnonChapter 3: Indigenous Treaty Visions: Interpreting the Canadian Regime from the "Outside In"Corey Snelgrove and Gina StarblanketPart 2: The Constitution, Government, and ParliamentChapter 4: The Constitution and Constitutional Change: Frozen in Law, Flexible in Practice?Emmett MacfarlaneChapter 5: The Canadian Parliament: Rules, Norms, and InstitutionsElizabeth McCallionChapter 6: Power at the Apex: Executive DominanceDonald SavoieChapter 7: The Role of the Civil Service in Canada's Westminster System: Historical Traditions and Current ChallengesAmanda ClarkePart 3: Federalism, the Charter, and Territorial PoliticsChapter 8: Practices of FederalismJennifer WallnerChapter 9: Politics and the Charter of Rights and FreedomsRaymond BazowskiChapter 10: The Two Faces of Treaty FederalismMartin PapillonChapter 11: Municipalities in Canada's Multilevel DemocracyLuc TurgeonChapter 12: Canada's Mirror: The Politics of the NorthJerald Sabin and Christopher AlcantaraPart 4: Elections, Participation, and CommunicationChapter 13: Short- and Long-term Influences in Canadian Federal ElectionsAllison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Pascal MorimannoChapter 14: Parties and Elections: Fragmentation and ReconsolidationJames BickertonChapter 15: Glass Ceilings, Cliffs, and Problems in the Pipeline: Women's Representation in Canadian PoliticsRebecca WallaceChapter 16: Political Communication in CanadaAlex MarlandPart 5: Diversity and Identity PoliticsChapter 17: Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in CanadaWill KymlickaChapter 18: Immigration in Canada: From Low to High PoliticsMireille PaquetChapter 19: Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil SocietyMichael OrsiniPart 6: Contemporary Policy ChallengesChapter 20: Canadian Climate Policy in Peril: Politics Meets "Carbon Tunnel-Vision"Debora VanNijnatten and Mark WinfieldChapter 21: Social Policy: Towards Completion of the Welfare StateDaniel Béland, Shannon Dinan, and Olivier JacquesChapter 22: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy: Interests, Institutions, and IdentitiesJustin Massie, Stéphane Roussel, and Marco Munier

James Bickerton is professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University.  Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.  Luc Turgeon is professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.  Rebecca Wallace is an assistant professor of political science and the Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women and Politics at St. Francis Xavier University.

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface and AcknowledgmentContributorsPart 1: Canadian Politics: Origins and FoundationsChapter 1: Understanding Canada's OriginsSamuel LaSelvaChapter 2: The Canadian Regime from a Québec PerspectiveGuy Laforest and Alain-G. GagnonChapter 3: Indigenous Treaty Visions: Interpreting the Canadian Regime from the "Outside In"Corey Snelgrove and Gina StarblanketPart 2: The Constitution, Government, and ParliamentChapter 4: The Constitution and Constitutional Change: Frozen in Law, Flexible in Practice?Emmett MacfarlaneChapter 5: The Canadian Parliament: Rules, Norms, and InstitutionsElizabeth McCallionChapter 6: Power at the Apex: Executive DominanceDonald SavoieChapter 7: The Role of the Civil Service in Canada's Westminster System: Historical Traditions and Current ChallengesAmanda ClarkePart 3: Federalism, the Charter, and Territorial PoliticsChapter 8: Practices of FederalismJennifer WallnerChapter 9: Politics and the Charter of Rights and FreedomsRaymond BazowskiChapter 10: The Two Faces of Treaty FederalismMartin PapillonChapter 11: Municipalities in Canada's Multilevel DemocracyLuc TurgeonChapter 12: Canada's Mirror: The Politics of the NorthJerald Sabin and Christopher AlcantaraPart 4: Elections, Participation, and CommunicationChapter 13: Short- and Long-term Influences in Canadian Federal ElectionsAllison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Pascal MorimannoChapter 14: Parties and Elections: Fragmentation and ReconsolidationJames BickertonChapter 15: Glass Ceilings, Cliffs, and Problems in the Pipeline: Women's Representation in Canadian PoliticsRebecca WallaceChapter 16: Political Communication in CanadaAlex MarlandPart 5: Diversity and Identity PoliticsChapter 17: Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in CanadaWill KymlickaChapter 18: Immigration in Canada: From Low to High PoliticsMireille PaquetChapter 19: Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil SocietyMichael OrsiniPart 6: Contemporary Policy ChallengesChapter 20: Canadian Climate Policy in Peril: Politics Meets "Carbon Tunnel-Vision"Debora VanNijnatten and Mark WinfieldChapter 21: Social Policy: Towards Completion of the Welfare StateDaniel Béland, Shannon Dinan, and Olivier JacquesChapter 22: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy: Interests, Institutions, and IdentitiesJustin Massie, Stéphane Roussel, and Marco Munier